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Feminism responsible for domestic violence in marriages — Pete Edochie

Veteran Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie, has blamed feminism for the domestic violence women suffer in marriage. Speaking to BBC Igbo, the actor said women are at fault in most of the incidents of domestic violence. He lamented that today’s women don’t know how to do basic things which women ought to know how to do to keep […]

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Governor Wike Decorates Burna Boy With Rivers Second Highest Award

Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike shocked local and international artistes, who performed at a grand reception he organised for the Grammys award winner, Damini Ugulu, aka, Burna Boy, on Saturday night with N10milion gift to each of them. The excited Wike also decorated the afrobeat superstar with the second highest state award known as the Distinguished […]

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I’m more successful now, my grand and great-grandchildren can never be poor – Peter Okoye

Peter Okoye of the defunct P-Square fame is angry over ill wishes from perceived enemies over the last few months. Okoye, who is widely referred to as Mr P, registered his anger because he alleged that a lot of people are wishing him ill especially when he contracted the covid virus. He said this in […]

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MultiChoice Announces N90 million Grand Prize For Big Brother Nigeria (Season 6)

MultiChoice Nigeria has announced a whopping N90 million as the grand prize for the winner of season six of the Big Brother Nigeria (BBNaija) reality TV show. The company broke the news in a statement on Wednesday. This makes it the highest grand prize a winner of the reality show will be receiving — since […]

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Despite The Stormy weather In The Marriage Industry, Actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde Celebrates 25th Wedding Anniversary

Veteran Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, via her official Twitter handle celebrated her 25 years of marriage to Captain Matthew Ekeinde yesterday. “25 years Strong. #Silverjubilee,” the 43-year-old actress captioned a photograph of herself and her spouse striking an intimate pose. Omotola married Captain Matthew Ekeinde in 1996. In 2001, the couple held a white ceremony […]

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Insecurity In Nigeria: We Are In A Critical Situation – Defence Minister

The Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi says Nigeria is in a critical situation following the insurgency in the northeast, banditry in the northwest and attacks in other parts of the country. He stated this on Monday during a national security and defence summit held at the National Defence College in Abuja. “We are […]

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God makes no mistakes, I deserved Grammy –Burna Boy

It is no longer news that Burna Boy, the self-acclaimed African Giant, won a Grammy Award in the Best Global Music Album category a week ago and he has continued to get commendation from several quarters. The 29-year-old singer, who noted that he was relieved when he was announced as the winner, also maintained that […]

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Aisha Buhari returns to Nigeria after six months

The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has finally returned to the country after being away for about six months, according to Punch. It was learnt that Mrs Buhari returned to the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday evening. Although her return has not been confirmed officially as of the time of filing this report, a Presidency […]

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I’m ready to face firing squad if I don’t keep my presidential promises ― Doyin Okupe

Former Senior Special Assistant on Publicity to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr Doyin Okupe, has said that Nigerians should make him face a firing squad if he doesn’t keep his presidential promises. He said he had a master plan for the security situation in the country and that if the situation remained the same, he […]

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N6.98 USSD flat rate will stabilise payment system in Nigeria, says CBN

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said the harmonisation of all Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) fees to a single rate of N6.98 will stabilise Nigeria’s payment system. In a report released yesterday, the apex bank said the exercise, which has the backing of key stakeholders, including the National Communication Commission (NCC)  will boost […]

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Nigerian woman welcomes twins after 18 years of waiting (Photos)

A Nigerian woman has welcomed a set of twins after 18 years of waiting. Twitter user, Akinpelumi Akinboye shared the good news on Twitter. See his post below…

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Nigerians Celebrate As Burna Boy & Wizkid Win Grammy Awards

Afrobeat superstar Burna Boy has added a Grammy to his growing list of accomplishments.  After being nominated and losing to Angelique Kidjo for the 2020 edition of the Grammy, the Nigerian singer and songwriter has made a bigger comeback in the 2021 installment of the awards. Burna Boy and Wizkid, on Sunday won their first […]

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‘We’re still together’ — Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez react to rumoured split

American actress, Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez, better known as A-Rod, have dismissed claims that they have broken up. Reports had swirled on Friday that the pair have ended their relationship about two years after their engagement. The development had come amid claims that Rodriguez was having an affair with Madison LeCroy, a South Carolina […]

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I was raped five times, says actress Iyabo Ojo

Nigerian actress, Iyabo Ojo has revealed she was raped five times while growing up, and with her first experience happening when she was 14. The actress and mother of two brought the revelation to light in a recent episode of her YouTube series titled ‘Bare it all with I.Y‘. In her words: “I know a […]

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Naira sees second big fall in months at parallel market

Naira on Tuesday fell significantly at the parallel market below the 480th mark to the dollar, the first time in nearly four months. The decline comes days after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced a new incentive for diaspora remittances. On March 5, the CBN had directed all Deposit Money Banks and International Money Transfer Operators […]

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Meet Nike Adenekan, 7-year-old Outstanding Nigerian Female Boxer (Watch Her Amazing Videos)

Her name is Nike Adenekan. She is 7 years old and lives in Lagos. We spotted her training in one of the fitness centres in Ikeja, Lagos. And we recorded some videos of her during her training. We also had a little chat with her, and she told us that she wants to be a […]

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Despite suffering his first defeat, Adesanya still left the UFC 259 arena as the highest paid fighter

Despite suffering his first Mixed Martial Arts defeat in the hands of hard-hitting Polish light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz, Israel Adesanya still left the UFC 259 arena as the highest paid fighter. Adesanya, along with Blachowicz; women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes and challenger Meagan Anderson as well as Petr Yan and Aljamain Sterling were the […]

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Burna Boy to perform at the 63rd Grammys

In another first, Burna Boy has been confirmed to perform during the 63rd GRAMMYs Award Premiere Ceremony which will take place Sunday, March 14. Burna Boy who is the first Nigerian artiste to earn back to back Grammy nominations, will now also be the first ever afrobeats act to perform at the event. The Nigerian […]

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